Poisoning from tablets. What will help the victim?

It is known that about one fourth of all victims in the world are people who have been poisoned from tablets. Situations can be very different. Probably, the person has addressed at once to some experts who have appointed to him certain preparations. Interaction of some of them can cause poisoning from tablets. The more drugs you take at the same time, the higher the risk of poisoning. Sometimes grandfathers and grandmothers leave bubbles with pills in prominent places, creating a threat to the health of babies who take them for colored candy. Sometimes cases of suicide are possible.

Doctors point out that the risk is minimal when taking two or three drugs at the same time, but it increases twenty or more times if the drugs are six or seven. In such cases, you can expect a variety of adverse effects on the body. After poisoning the stomach hurts, there is a feeling of nausea, vomiting, skin rashes and internal hemorrhages are possible. In some, especially serious situations, death is possible.

Most of the world's population takes daily medications. Thirty percent do this as directed by the doctor, the rest is engaged in dangerous self-medication. Poisoning from tablets is possible in the case of combining them with certain products. For example, warfarin, a medicine against the formation of blood clots, can not be used concomitantly with cranberry juice. Dairy products affect the action of antibiotics, alcohol at times increases the effect on the body of sedatives, drugs with paracetamol and antihypertensive (pressure-lowering) drugs.

What should I do if I get poisoned with pills? Unfortunately, poisoning from tablets can not always be determined immediately. Only after a few hours can the first symptoms appear in the form of nausea and vomiting, diarrhea, severe pain in the abdomen, seizures, dizziness, drowsiness, disorientation, in some cases, loss of consciousness. During this time, harmful substances have time to suck in the blood, so the first thing you need to call an ambulance. The injured person should be allowed to drink as much warm liquid as possible and try to induce vomiting. This will help clear the stomach of the remaining drugs in it. The first tool in such situations is activated charcoal. He should always be in the home medicine cabinet. You can give up to twenty tablets at the same time. They will help to neutralize the effects of drugs. You can apply any other kind of absorbent, but if at the moment they are not at hand, make it yourself. To do this, take at least ten chicken proteins, whip and force the affected person to eat them.

What should I do if I get poisoned with pills and complicate the situation? In the event that the victim took a large dose of hypnotic drugs, there may come a loss of consciousness, a delay in breathing, a decrease in pressure, a stop of cardiac activity. Immediately give the patient a large dose of strong coffee or tea, try to bring him to consciousness, cause vomiting (only when the chelovek in consciousness), make an enema and call an ambulance. Do not let the victim lie down and fall asleep, as this is life-threatening.

Poisoning from tablets, after first aid, washing the stomach and eliminating all unpleasant symptoms and consequences, it is necessary to continue to treat at home. Quite often after a poisoning the stomach hurts. This situation is stress for him, so he needs to rest for one or two days. You can drink tea from garden thyme, medicinal sage and marjoram garden. Gradually go to light food and take it in small portions. You can do cold compresses on the stomach area.

One of the main causes of poisoning is the excess of the permissible doses, so remember that different drugs may contain the same substance in their composition. Always consult a doctor, especially if you have liver, kidney, stomach and intestinal diseases. Do not self-medicate and refrain from drinking alcohol.